Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service. wireshark 2014-09-01 2014-09-01 519014 remote 1.10.9 1.10.9

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted packets.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.9"

CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162 CVE-2014-5163 CVE-2014-5164 CVE-2014-5165 K_F K_F